Achieving institutional adoption. ITTHE Session

The key message was, institutional wide adoption of learning technology has little to do with technology, but a lot about managing institutional change.

The audience was predominantly lecturers (faculty members) with a sprinkling of Senior Managers and those in professional services. Given this audience, the intended aims where to ensure awareness of Blackboard’s ebook – 6 characteristics to increase technology adoption, provide an insight into the required alignment between leadership, institution commitment & investment and faculty training models on institutional wide adoption. The session included a number of activities to allow the participant the opportunity to reflect on where their institution currently resides on an adoption matrix.

An wider observation from the day included significant interest around the effectiveness of flipped classroom learning models. A number of the research questions which presenters were addressing include;

Has the flipped classroom increased students engagement with the course?

Do students actually engage with the materials before class? What motivates them?

Do students prefer the flipped classroom approach compared to the traditional lecture?